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The Crusaders have named eight players in their wider training group including including Luke Whitelock, the fourth in the Whitelock family to be involved with the 2011 squad.
NZ Under-20 loose forward Luke, who is in the Canterbury Academy, joins brothers and full squad members Adam (midfield), George (loose forward) and Sam (lock + pictured).
The other members of the wider training group are NZ Under-20 players Codie Taylor (hooker) and Dominic Bird (lock), Tasman halfback Steve Alfeld, Canterbury flanker Brendon O'Connor, Canterbury wing Tu Umaga-Marshall, Tom Taylor (second-five) and Tasman prop Sam Prattley.
Bird and Tom Taylor are also current members of the Canterbury Academy.
Crusaders wider training group
Steve Alfeld (halfback), Codie Taylor (hooker), Sam Prattley (prop), Brendon O'Connor (flanker), Luke Whitelock (loose forward), Tom Taylor (second-five), Dominic Bird (lock), Tu Umaga-Marshall (wing).
http://www.rugbyweek.com/news/article.asp?id=28120